[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 30504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14476]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. FE C&E 99-9 and C&E 99-10--Certification Notice--173]
Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of Sumas Energy 2, Inc. and
Green Country Energy Project, L.L.C., Powerplant and Industrial Fuel
Use Act
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
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SUMMARY: Sumas Energy 2, Inc. and Green Country Energy, L.L.C.
submitted coal capability self-certifications pursuant to section 201
of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.
ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify,
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that
such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate
fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) as
of the date filed with the Department of Energy. The Secretary is
required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a
certification has been filed. The following owners/operators of the
proposed new baseload powerplants have filed a self-certification in
acccordance with section 201(d).
Owner: Sumas Energy 2, Inc. (C&E 99-9).
Operator: Sumas Energy 2, Inc.
Location: Sumas, Washington.
Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
Capacity: 720 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Canadian wholesale purchasers.
In-Service Date: On or before December, 2001.
Owner: Green Country Energy Project, L.L.C. (C&E 99-10).
Operator: Subsidiary of Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
Location: Jenks, Oklahoma.
Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
Capacity: 800 megawatts.
Fuel: Natural gas.
Purchasing Entities: Power marketer.
In-Service Date: June 1, 2001.
Issued in Washington, D.C., June 1, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-14476 Filed 6-7-99; 8:45 am]
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